monitor for meaning - check your reading for basic understanding
activate prior knowledge - make connections between reading and your own experiences
determine importance - figure out the most important ideas, themes, events, etc.
create images - visualize the descriptions in the text
ask questions - wonder why things are happening, and make predictions about what might happen
make inferences - draw conclusions about ideas that are stated or implied
synthesize - use summaries and retellings to put things together and see the whole
STRATEGIES:The following are examples of the types of strategies we will utilize in the classroom this year: Sustained Silent Reading (SSR) Sustained Silent reading is an opportunity for students to have a choice over what book they read. Students will be issued a reading folder where they will keep the following: SSR book choice, SSR Rubric, SSR Log,and Conferencing Questions.For 15-20 minutes each day, usually in Literacy class, students will read their self selected book. While the class reads, I will conference with students individually in order to assess comprehension. View other SSR Requirements. Students will occasionally be required to complete the following self selected reading project.The SSR project rubric is also used to assess students' reading comprehension. Guided Reading In class, we often read pieces aloud, pausing for clarification, interpretation/analysis, and comprehension assessment. Note-taking, class participation, and activity participation is expected during guided reading.
The Seven Habits of Good Readers
STRATEGIES: The following are examples of the types of strategies we will utilize in the classroom this year:
Sustained Silent Reading (SSR)
Sustained Silent reading is an opportunity for students to have a choice over what book they read. Students will be issued a reading folder where they will keep the following: SSR book choice, SSR Rubric, SSR Log, and Conferencing Questions. For 15-20 minutes each day, usually in Literacy class, students will read their self selected book. While the class reads, I will conference with students individually in order to assess comprehension.
View other SSR Requirements.
Students will occasionally be required to complete the following self selected reading project. The SSR project rubric is also used to assess students' reading comprehension.
Guided Reading
In class, we often read pieces aloud, pausing for clarification, interpretation/analysis, and comprehension assessment. Note-taking, class participation, and activity participation is expected during guided reading.